Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Tezaab

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Jul 29, 2012, 6:59:46 PM (12 years ago)

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+'''Tezaab'''
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+1988 173’ col/scope Hindi
+d/s/p N. Chandra pc Aarti Ents Bombay,
+N. Chandra Prod. lyr Javed Akhtar c Baba
+Azmi m Laxmikant-Pyarelal
+lp Anil Kapoor, Chunky Pandey, Madhuri
+Dixit, Anupam Kher, Kiran Kumar, Suresh
+Oberoi, Mandakini, Annu Kapoor
+
+
+Chandra, the maker of the Shiv Sena
+propaganda film Ankush (1985), had his first
+hit with this Bombay low-life crime movie.
+Munna (Anil Kapoor) is in love with the dancer
+Mohini (Dixit). Mohini’s father (Kher) is an
+alcoholic gambler who lives off his daughter’s
+earnings. To prevent the lovers marrying, he
+helps Lotiya Khan (Kumar), a criminal hostile
+to Munna. Lotiya Khan’s brother tries to rape
+Munna’s sister and Munna kills him, earning
+himself a year in jail. On his release, Munna is
+persecuted by Lotiya Khan, Mohini’s father and
+the police. Forced by his bail conditions to
+remain outside Bombay’s city limits, Munna
+becomes a noted criminal. Mohini’s father and
+Lotiya Khan quarrel and Mohini is kidnapped
+by Khan. Munna rescues her and defeats the
+villains. Most of the film is told in flashback,
+narrating the romance between Munna and
+Mohini and the violence it engenders (the film
+is subtitled ‘A violent love story’). The main
+title, meaning ‘Acid’, refers to the way Mohini’s
+father disfigures his wife and causes her to
+commit suicide, threatening to assault his
+daughter in the same way. Chandra places
+much of the action in recognisable parts of the
+city. However, the film’s spectacular opening
+sequence at a rock concert, featuring the hit
+song Ek do teen showing Mohini’s kidnap by a
+bunch of motor-cyclists weaving through the
+crowded streets, is shot in a studio and
+presents a fantasy version of New York’s Times
+Square. The fanatic communalism evident in
+Chandra’s Ankush is echoed here: the hero,
+identified as a Maharashtrian, disposes of
+several ‘outside’ thugs suggesting that ‘local’
+Maharashtrian criminals are revered by the
+people who dislike outsiders interfering with
+their home-grown racketeers.
+
+
+[[Film]]